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NPR Clarifies Post on Catholic Priests

By: Sydney Smith

June 09, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The Catholic League complained to National Public Radio about an online story suggesting that it's "not that unusual" for a priest to be "accused of trying to rape a minor," NPR's ombudsman Edward...

Arthur Brisbane Leaving NYT as Public Editor in September, Latest Column Questions Lack of Attribution

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Arthur Brisbane Leaving NYT as Public Editor in September, Latest Column Questions Lack of Attribution

By: Sydney Smith

May 22, 2012 02:40 PM EST

Arthur Brisbane will step down as New York Times public editor Sept. 1, according to the Washington Post's Erik Wemple. Brisbane "will not serve the one-year option on his contract" and will be...

Irish Broadcasting Authority Fines RTE € 200,000, RTE Calls Libel '1 of the Most Significant Errors' in RTE History

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Irish Broadcasting Authority Fines RTE € 200,000, RTE Calls Libel '1 of the Most Significant Errors' in RTE History

By: Sydney Smith

May 06, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Irish public broadcaster RTE's 2011 libel of Catholic priest Father Kevin Reynolds prompted a huge libel settlement, a noteworthy apology, resignations and at least three investigations into RTE, as we have...

Malaysian Newspaper Apologizes, Retracts Story Reporting Wrong Quote, Politician May Sue for Libel

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Malaysian Newspaper Apologizes, Retracts Story Reporting Wrong Quote, Politician May Sue for Libel

By: Sydney Smith

May 04, 2012 04:00 AM EST

Malaysian newspaper The New Straits Times issued a substantial retraction and apology May 3 for a May 2 article headlined "Observer Under Scrutiny: Impartiality Questioned: Anti-Islam Australian lawmaker comes...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Apologizes for Inaccurate Comments on Mormonism

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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Apologizes for Inaccurate Comments on Mormonism

By: Sydney Smith

April 13, 2012 03:30 PM EST

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell apologized April 11 for his comments on Mormonism, Mediaite...

Jewish Rutgers Student Files Bias Complaint after Satire Article Praising Hitler

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Jewish Rutgers Student Files Bias Complaint after Satire Article Praising Hitler

By: Sydney Smith

April 10, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Rutgers University student satire newspaper The Medium published an April 4 column "What about the good things Hitler did?" under the name of a Jewish student who didn't write the column, the Associated Press...

Russian Church Apologizes for Doctored Photo on Website

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Russian Church Apologizes for Doctored Photo on Website

By: Sydney Smith

April 08, 2012 05:20 PM EST

The Russian Orthodox Church apologized April 4 for publishing a doctored photo on its website, Reuters...

More Libel Claims Against RTE for Program on Abuse by Catholic Priests

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More Libel Claims Against RTE for Program on Abuse by Catholic Priests

By: Sydney Smith

February 16, 2012 02:10 PM EST

RTE is accused of libel again for its "Mission to Prey" program that aired in May 2011, Irish Central reported. We have written about Catholic priest Father Kevin Reynolds, who successfully sued RTE,...

Jewish Times Owner Plans to Sell Newspaper after Obama 'Hit' Column

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Jewish Times Owner Plans to Sell Newspaper after Obama 'Hit' Column

By: Sydney Smith

January 26, 2012 02:15 PM EST

Andrew Adler, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Atlanta Jewish Times, resigned this week over his controversial article suggesting a "hit" on U.S. President Barack Obama, the Jerusalem Post reported. See...

Jewish Times Apologizes, Retracts Story Suggesting a 'Hit' on Obama

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Jewish Times Apologizes, Retracts Story Suggesting a 'Hit' on Obama

By: Sydney Smith

January 23, 2012 01:20 PM EST

Jewish newspaper the Atlanta Jewish Times is retracting its column that suggested putting a "hit" on U.S. president Barack Obama, UPI reported. CNN noted that the column didn't name Obama, but referred to him....

Magazine 'May Apologize' for Cover Photo of White House with Swastikas

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Magazine 'May Apologize' for Cover Photo of White House with Swastikas

By: Sydney Smith

January 16, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Ami Magazine's editor Rabbi Yitzchak Frankfurter said it "may have been a poor choice" to run a doctored photo of "White House draped in Nazi flags with Nazi storm troopers marching in front,"...

250,000 Euro Fine for RTE over Libelous Report?

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250,000 Euro Fine for RTE over Libelous Report?

By: Sydney Smith

December 08, 2011 02:25 PM EST

Ireland's Broadcasting Authority may fine Ireland's public broadcaster RTE €250,000 for its program on Father Kevin Reynolds, the Irish Times reported. The fine is separate from the libel payment the...

Another RTE Report Alleging Child Abuse Questioned

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Another RTE Report Alleging Child Abuse Questioned

By: Sydney Smith

November 29, 2011 04:15 PM EST

Ireland's public broadcaster, RTE, accused the deceased Brother Gerard Dillon of sexual abusing a student at a South African school, according to the Irish Independent. Brother Dillon's family has called for a...

RTE To Pay Father Kevin Reynolds over False Rape, Child Story

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RTE To Pay Father Kevin Reynolds over False Rape, Child Story

By: Sydney Smith

November 19, 2011 03:45 PM EST

As StinkyJournalism has reported, Irish public broadcaster RTE issued a long apology to priest Father Kevin Reynolds after the Irish public broadcaster wrongly reported that he had raped a girl and fathered her child. Before...

Ireland's Press Ombudsman Will Review RTE's Editorial Processes after Big Libel Apology

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Ireland's Press Ombudsman Will Review RTE's "Editorial Processes" after Big Libel Apology

By: Sydney Smith

November 16, 2011 08:20 AM EST

RTE announced that press ombudsman John Horgan will review the Irish public broadcaster's "editorial processes." Last month, StinkyJournalism wrote when RTE apologized to priest Father Reynolds after one...

Is New Yorker's Steve Jobs Cover Distatesful?

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Is New Yorker's Steve Jobs Cover Distatesful?

By: Sydney Smith

October 15, 2011 01:05 PM EST

Jobs, the Apple co-founder, died Oct. 5. Stories on Jobs have dominated news coverage in the days after. But Gossip Cop questioned the New Yorker's Oct. 17 cover, which shows "Jobs, in his famous black...

RTE Apologizes for Wrongly Accusing Priest of Rape, Fathering Child

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RTE Apologizes for Wrongly Accusing Priest of Rape, Fathering Child

By: Sydney Smith

October 14, 2011 12:40 PM EST

Irish public broadcaster RTE apologized to Father Kevin Reynolds of Galway, Ireland, after wrongly reporting accusations that the Catholic priest "fathered a child with an underage girl" in Africa, the...

Inside BBC's Dog Stoning Hoax Story : A Case Study on a Reader's Fight for Accuracy and Accountability

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Inside BBC's Dog Stoning Hoax Story : A Case Study on a Reader's Fight for Accuracy and Accountability

By: Sydney Smith

September 27, 2011 09:55 AM EST

A dramatic tale of a Jerusalem court ordering a dog stoned to death tricked the media in mid-June. But the strangeness of the phony story went beyond the hoax. It turns out that the BBC published the hoax story...